Darts: Top seed Stephen Bunting out

STEPHEN BUNTING, the No1 seed, was knocked out of the BDO world darts championships in the second round despite achieving the highest three-dart average of the tournament.

PUBLISHED: 11:39, Wed, Jan 9, 2013

Stephen Bunting has been knocked out of the BDO world darts championships

Bunting's impressive scoring was not enough to deny Darryl Fitton a 4-2 victory.

Bunting, whose finish of 167 in the third set is the highest checkout of the week, for which he would win a £3,000 bonus, said: "I threw the kitchen sink at him but I felt the pressure of being the No1 seed here."

The No5 seed Robbie Green reached the quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over Scott Mitchell.